There are 10 members of the Board. Ex-Officio members are the Pastor and the Principal. The remaining members consist of school parents and parishioners each serving a three year term. Nomination requests generally go out during the spring for replacement of retiring members. School Board meetings are open to the school and parish community and all parents and parishioners are invited and encouraged to attend the monthly Board meetings on the second Monday of the month during the school year.

The purpose of the Board is to advise the Pastor and Principal in making policy for the Parish Educational Programs.

The following are the advisory functions of the Board:

• Establishing the philosophy and goals of the Educational Programs.
• Interpreting and applying the educational policies of the Archdiocese.
• Formulating additional policies which may be necessary.
• Evaluating the implementation of policies.
• Approving the budget to be recommended to the Finance Committee.
• Recommending to the Pastor the employment of the Principal.
• Long-range planning and community relations.
• Reviewing and evaluating the Constitution of the School Board.

In 2008 the Board’s efforts were concentrated on preparation for the Archdiocese School Improvement Program. St. Ann School was visited by a team of educators from within the Archdiocese where they evaluated the school in the areas of Catholic Identity, Educational Issues and Institutional Issues. 2009 will be focused on implementing the recommendations from that evaluation.

Current members (listed from left to right in the above photo) are: Louvenia Jones, Patrick Garrett, Yvonne Ray, Karen Mohan, Father William Kempf (Pastor), Christy Buchek (Secretary), Julie Thomspson, Francesca Ferrari, Mary Jo Reichenbach (Principal), Cheri Smith (Vice-President), Matt Aubuchon (President) and John Rice (not pictured).